ID# 000930
1972 Land Rover Discovery - 1972 Land Rover Series III
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1972 Land Rover Discovery
690 Henderson Avenue Staten Island, NY 10310 United States 718-448-5353 (Main Phone) 718-448-5288 (Fax) |
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You do not often see a new Land Rover Series III (SIII) these days, but there it was in the car park as though it had driven through a time warp from 1972.
A plastic dashboard also came in with the SIII. It provided a modicum of padding for crash safety which became a growing concern in the 1970s. Unfortunately beer bottles could no longer be opened with the parcel shelf - the SIIA's shelf had a metal lip apparently designed for this just purpose.
The standard lap-sash seat belts are of the non-inertia reel variety which do have some advantages off road. The upper mounting point is on the bulkhead behind the seats which is too low for convenience, comfort or safety.
Back in 1972, this Land Rover came without a heater. There is no air-intake hole on the left hand wing, no heater unit in the engine bay and there are no demister tubes taking (barely) warm air to the windscreen. Like all Land Rovers it has sophisticated face-level ventilation in the form of flaps immediately beneath the windscreen. However, the plate immediately behind these flaps is completely solid so that incoming air is all directed upwards to flow across the windscreen and compensate for the lack of a heater. In vehicles with heaters this plate has openings in it to allow the air to flow straight through to the occupants.
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